Either he makes a spectacular entrance or the club are facing another short-term appointment in which they seem out of touch.

Guus Hiddink may be a grounded, convincing and authoritative manager
but his predecessor, Luiz Felipe Scolari wasn’t and neither is
Ancelotti.

All that talk in his autobiography about imagining himself as James
Bond when he was just going to a meeting will have made him a laughing
stock in the Chelsea dressing room.

Revealing that owner Roman Abramovich dismissed the team as having
no personality won’t help either - even if the Russian Oligarch is
mistaking a lack of beauty for insufficient character.

The powerful Chelsea players have character in spades and the odd
behaviour of Ancelotti - who was set to take charge of the team a
year ago - will be hard for the them to take and could lead to serious
problems.

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HATCHET MAN: Abramovich will be the Bond villain yet again if he allows daydream believer Ancelotti to take charge at Chelsea